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billion. 11 4 percent decrease from last sear. This decrease is due to the crop sector where income is forecast to be about $6b5 million, down 9 percent from the $733 million crop income in 1981. A continuing weak price situation for major field crops, along with reduced acreages for Hue-cured tobacco, peanuts and corn, accounts for most of the reductions expected in crop income. Fruit crops are the only crops expected to show gains in income this year. This is due to lower production and a more favorable market for peaches as a result of the sharply -reduced production in southeastern stales.
Income forecast for livestock and livestock products in 1982 could total $910 million, almost equal to the $911 million in 1981. The outlook for cattle indicates modest upturns in both production and price. A cyclical low in hog . production has resulted in a better price situation. Lower prices for eggs and broilers point to a small drop in income from poultry. A slight increase in milk production may mean about a I percent increase in income trom milk.
Total farm production expenses will continue in an upward direction throughout 1982. and are expected to reach a record high of over $1.7 billion. High interest rates and an expected average annual inflation rate between 6 and 8 percent continue to put upward pressures on prices.
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What, a child is taught on Sunday it will remember on Mooday.
—Welsh proverb
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